View full sizeFox'American Idol' has only two contestants left in the competition, and both of them love country music: Lauren Alaina and Scotty McCreery.

It looks like country music fans all across America let their voices be heard loud and clear: They wanted an all-country finale on "American Idol." And that's exactly what they are getting.

Haley Reinhart, the 20-year-old Illinois singer who graced the Idol stage all season long with her bluesy growl, her bright while smile and daring song selections, was eliminated from the competition tonight.

Haley turned out to be the lowest vote-getter this week, setting the stage for a Top 2 showdown between 17-year-old country crooner Scotty McCreery and 16-year-old country-pop singer Lauren Alaina.

Scotty and Lauren will battle it out next Tuesday in the final performance show of the season, and the Season 10 winner will be crowned at the end of a two-hour results show next Wednesday.

An extraordinary number of votes — about 95 million — were cast after Wednesday's performance show, and the finalists became the youngest Top 2 pair in American Idol history.

After the announcement was made on the live results show on Fox tonight, Haley kept her composure and belted out a rockin' farewell song: Elton John's "Bennie and the Jets."

When she was finished, she went into the crowd and gave a big hug to her father, who had joined her on stage Wednesday night to play the guitar during one of her three songs.

"This is the biggest platform any girl, anybody, can ask for," Haley told the audience. "And I rocked it out, and I had a blast."

"This is only the beginning," she added. "I thank you guys all so very much."

Tonight's show featured extended video footage from the hometown visits made by Haley, Lauren and Scotty, who were treated like superstars by their friends and fans. Those video clips are always put together well, capturing the emotion of the visits.

It was pretty hard not to get a little choked up watching young Scotty McCreery sitting in the limousine as it pulled away from his high school in Garner, N.C., looking out in awe at all the people lining the streets to cheer him on.

Scotty buried his face in his hands and started crying, overwhelmed by all the support. It seemed like that's when it all hit him — he's been one of the cast members on one of the highest rated television shows in America, and in four short months he has become a national celebrity, and a hometown hero.

Idol fans: Were you surprised by tonight's results? What do you think about the Top 2?